#8C8A6E#8C8A6E

#8C8A6E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.040 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A6E
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 110)
HSL	hsl(56, 12%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 21%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 21.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, -4.17, 15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 15.86, 105.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.0098 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.04 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7181, 24.8785, 18.3541)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A6E #6E708C

analogous

#8C7B6E #8C8A6E #7F8C6E

triadic

#8C8A6E #6E8C8A #8A6E8C

tetradic

#8C8A6E #6E8C7B #6E708C #8C6E7F

square

#8C8A6E #6E8C7B #6E708C #8C6E7F

split-complementary

#8C8A6E #6E7F8C #7B6E8C

monochromatic

#474638 #6A6853 #8C8A6E #A8A690 #C2C1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8C8A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8C8A6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A6E

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A6E	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F886C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90896F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.040 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac97',
    500: '#8c8a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a6e;
$custom-light: #aeac97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62746,
    "c": 0.04029,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A6E

secondary

#A4A5B2

accent

#77B573

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A6E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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